Alabama's basketball team triumphs over Clemson during an Elite 8 college basketball game in the NCAA tournament held in Los Angeles on March 30, 2024. Players like Mark Sears, Grant Nelson, and Aaron Estrada made significant contributions to the victory.
Alabama's basketball team secured a victory over North Carolina in the NCAA tournament Sweet 16 game in Los Angeles, with standout performances from players like Grant Nelson, Mouhamed Dioubate, and Mark Sears. The game was held on Thursday, March 28, 2024, with key moments including Nelson's scoring and blocking shots, Dioubate's defensive stops, and Sears' contributions. Alabama's head coach Nate Oats was seen leading the team to success on the court.
Alabama's top-scoring team secured a convincing 109-96 win against Charleston in the West Region first-round play, with Mark Sears contributing 30 points. The Crimson Tide shot 60% from the field and made 13 of 23 3-point attempts, reaching 100 points for the 10th time this season. Charleston's Ben Burnham scored 19 points, but the 13th-seeded Cougars had their 12-game winning streak halted. Alabama will face either Saint Mary's or Grand Canyon in the next round.
The 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament will involve 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's college basketball national champion for the 2023–24 season. The 85th annual edition of the tournament will begin on March 19, 2024, and will conclude with the championship game on April 8, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.ASUN champion Stetson will make its NCAA tournament debut.
Alabama managed to secure a win against Grand Canyon in a chaotic NCAA Tournament game, with a raucous crowd in Spokane, Washington. Despite Grand Canyon's strong performance, Alabama clinched a spot in the Sweet 16 with a 10-0 run led by Mark Sears. The game was intense and physical, marked by Alabama's resilience and ability to handle adversity, according to head coach Nate Oats.
The 2023–24 Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represents the University of Alabama during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson Tide is led by fifth-year head coach Nate Oats. They play their home games at Coleman Coliseum located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama as a member of the SEC.
The No. 25 Oklahoma women's basketball team defeated Alabama State 92-46, marking their first 4-0 start under coach Jennie Baranczyk. Skylar Vann reached 1,000 career points, and the Sooners had a strong first quarter, scoring 18 straight points. Oklahoma led 45-22 at halftime and held Alabama State to one field goal in the third quarter. In another game, the No. 22 Alabama men's basketball team won 102-46 against South Alabama, with Mark Sears scoring 17 points. The Crimson Tide played strong defense and limited the Jaguars to a low shooting percentage. Both teams continue their season with upcoming games.
Southern California and Baylor compete in a women's college basketball Sweet 16 game during the NCAA Tournament in Portland, Oregon on March 30, 2024, with JuJu Watkins playing a prominent role for Southern California.
The Alabama Crimson Tide men's basketball team represents the University of Alabama in NCAA Division I men's basketball. The program plays in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). In the conference it trails only long-time basketball powerhouse Kentucky in SEC tournament titles, is third behind Kentucky and Arkansas in total wins, and is second behind Kentucky in SEC regular-season conference titles. Alabama was retroactively recognized as the pre-NCAA tournament national champion for the 1929–30 season by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. The team has appeared in the NCAA tournament 23 times, most recently in 2023. Alabama's current head coach is Nate Oats.The men's basketball program has spent most of its history in the shadow of Alabama's football team, but has risen in stature over the past several decades. Under former coach Mark Gottfried, the team achieved a No. 1 national ranking briefly in 2003, and competed for an NCAA Regional Tournament championship in 2004. The program was notable as a regular conference basketball contender in the 1980s and early 1990s under the direction of coach Wimp Sanderson and in the 1970s under coach C. M. Newton. As of 2023, Alabama has nine NCAA tournament Sweet 16 appearances.In the 2003–04 season, the team defeated #1-seeded Stanford in the NCAA tournament, and reached the Elite Eight round where they lost to the eventual national champion, Connecticut. Under Oats, the team has continued to craft its own distinct tradition, with SEC titles in 2021 and 2023, and their best-ever season in the latter as the No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
The 2023–24 Auburn Tigers men's basketball team represents Auburn University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. The team's head coach is Bruce Pearl in his 10th season at Auburn. The team plays its home games at Neville Arena in Auburn, Alabama.
In a second-round college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament, Clemson secured a 72-64 victory over Baylor in Memphis, Tennessee. Players from both teams displayed emotions of celebration and disappointment after the game.
Texas and Gonzaga play in the Sweet 16 college basketball game of the women's NCAA Tournament on March 29, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. Players like Aaliyah Moore, Shaylee Gonzales, and coaches like Vic Schaefer are highlighted in the intense match.
Purdue's basketball team emerged victorious with an 80-68 win over Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 game of the NCAA Tournament on March 29, 2024, in Detroit. Players like Zach Edey, Mason Gillis, Camden Heide, and Fletcher Loyer were key contributors to the victory.
Clemson guard Chase Hunter led the team to victory against Arizona in a Sweet 16 college basketball game on March 28, 2024, in Los Angeles. Hunter scored crucial points and celebrated multiple successful plays during the game.
Players from the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies competed in an NBA basketball game on March 30, 2024, in Orlando, Florida with notable moments like Paolo Banchero driving against Maozinha Pereira and Franz Wagner being defended by Jake LaRavia.
The 2023–24 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represents Clemson University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by 14th-year head coach Brad Brownell, play their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
During the Sweet 16 college basketball game in the womens NCAA Tournament on March 30, 2024, UConn faced Duke in Portland, Oregon. UConn's Paige Bueckers, Aaliyah Edwards, and Ashlynn Shade were key players in the match, while Duke's Taina Mair and Camilla Emsbo made significant contributions.
Alabama's forward Grant Nelson showcased impressive skills during the Sweet 16 game against North Carolina, helping Alabama advance to the Elite Eight in the NCAA basketball tournament.
In a Sweet Sixteen round college basketball game during the NCAA Tournament, South Carolina secured a victory against Indiana in Albany, NY. The game featured intense gameplay between players like Kamilla Cardoso, Ashlyn Watkins, and Bree Hall from South Carolina, and Sydney Parrish, Mackenzie Holmes, and Chloe Moore-McNeil from Indiana.
The Clemson Tigers men's basketball team is a college basketball program that represents Clemson University and competes in the NCAA Division I. Clemson is a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.Clemson sponsored its first men's basketball team in the 1911–12 season, winning its first conference championship in 1939, and the ACC regular season in 1990. The Tigers have never won the ACC basketball tournament since its inception in 1953. The Tigers have reached the NCAA tournament 14 times in the modern era (1980, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2024) since the tournament expansion in 1980, advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 five times (1980, 1990, 1997, 2018, 2024), with their best performance reaching the Elite Eight that very same year.Clemson's home court is Littlejohn Coliseum. It has been the scene of 55 Clemson wins over ranked teams (23 in the Top 10) since 1968, including a victory over #1 Duke in 1980, a 75–65 victory over #1 North Carolina in 2001, and a 74–47 victory over #3 Duke in 2009. The Clemson basketball programs have won roughly 75% of their games in Littlejohn, making it one of the ACC's toughest road venues.Clemson's current head coach is Brad Brownell.
Marquette defeats Colorado 81-77 and Purdue beats Utah State 106-67 in the men's bracket, while Duke overcomes Ohio State 75-63 and South Carolina trounces North Carolina 88-41 in the women's bracket. LSU leads Middle Tennessee 69-49 with Johnson scoring 19 points, and Purdue's Edey records 23 points and 14 rebounds despite the game getting intense. The upcoming games feature Duke against James Madison, Baylor facing Clemson, and Alabama taking on Grand Canyon in the men's division, with Texas playing Alabama, Virginia Tech against Baylor, and Stanford versus Iowa State in the women's matches.
The 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 68 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament that determined the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball national champion for the 2022–23 season. The 84th annual edition of the tournament began on March 14, 2023, and concluded with the UConn Huskies defeating the San Diego State Aztecs, 76–59 in the championship game on April 3 at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.ASUN champion Kennesaw State made its NCAA tournament debut, while Southern Conference champion Furman made its first NCAA appearance since 1980. Another school, Texas Southern, won the SWAC tournament to tie the Coppin State Eagles in 2008 and Liberty Flames in 2013 for most losses ever to make the tournament, with 20.For only the second time in history, a 16-seed defeated a 1-seed, when Fairleigh Dickinson upset Purdue in the first round 63–58 in Columbus. Coincidentally, much like the previous time a top seed lost in Round 1, the regional final was contested between a mid-major (in this case Florida Atlantic) and Kansas State.For the third consecutive year, and seventh time since 2012, a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed in the tournament. This time, 15-seed Princeton upset 2-seed Arizona 59–55 in Sacramento for the Tigers' first tournament win since 1998. Arizona became the first team to lose to a 15-seed team twice, with the first loss being against the Santa Clara Broncos in 1993. For the third consecutive year as well, a 15-seed reached the Sweet 16 as Princeton subsequently defeated Missouri in the second round, and making it 16 consecutive tournaments since 2007 where a double-digit seed made the regional semifinals. Missouri subsequently became the second team to lose to a 15-seed twice, albeit on different seed lines, as the Tigers were a 7-seed losing to Princeton and a 2-seed when they fell to Norfolk State in 2012.Additionally, Virginia was knocked out in the first round as a top-four seed for the third time in five years, and second straight time as a 4-seed when they were upset by 13-seed Furman.The defending national champions Kansas Jayhawks were eliminated in the second round, against the Arkansas Razorbacks. It was the sixth straight tournament where the defending champion failed to make the Sweet Sixteen.With Alabama and Houston's eliminations in the Sweet Sixteen, this marks the first ever NCAA Tournament where all top seeds in the regions were knocked out prior to the Elite Eight. This year had the fewest combined 1- and 2-seeds left in the Elite Eight in tournament history, with only 2-seed Texas remaining.Three teams made their first Final Four appearance in this tournament for the first time since 1970. The Florida Atlantic Owls defeated 3-seed Kansas State to become just the second 9-seed to advance to the Final Four since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, joining Wichita State in 2013. FAU also became the first team since George Mason in 2006 to make the Final Four in the same season that it earned its first NCAA tournament win. The 5-seed San Diego State Aztecs defeated 6-seed Creighton Bluejays and the 5-seed Miami Hurricanes defeated 2-seed Texas Longhorns to advance to their first Final Four in program history. This is also the third Final Four without any 1-seeds since the tournament expanded to 64 teams in 1985, with the first two being in 2006 and 2011, the second time without any 1 or 2 seeds (2011), and the first time in Final Four history without any teams seeded 1–3. With FAU (Conference USA) and SDSU (Mountain West Conference), the Final Four had two mid-major teams for the first time since 2011's Butler and VCU. The 2023 Final Four was also marked by its lack of highly touted high school prospects. For the first time since the NCAA began seeding the tournament in 1979, no former McDonald's All-American participated in the Final Four. Of the rotation players on the Final Four teams (those receiving regular playing time), the highest-ranked in the composite recruiting rankings of 247Sports was UConn's Jordan Hawkins, who was #51 in the 2021 class. Only eight rotation players in the Final Four were even ranked in the top 100; by contrast, 12 players were unranked in high school. Two teams, Florida Atlantic and San Diego State, had no top-100 players, with FAU's nine-man rotation featuring six unranked players and only one in the top 200.
The Carolina Hurricanes emerged victorious in an NHL hockey game against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal, Quebec, on March 30, 2024. Players like Pyotr Kochetkov, Jordan Staal, and Sebastian Aho played key roles in the game, leading to the Hurricanes' success.
South Carolina center Kamilla Cardoso (10) and forward Chloe Kitts (21) block a shot attempt by Indiana forward Mackenzie Holmes (54) during the first half of a Sweet Sixteen round college basketball game during the NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) South Carolina guard MiLaysia Fulwiley (12), forward Chloe Kitts (21), forward Sania Feagin (20) and guard Tessa Johnson (5) react during the second half of a Sweet Sixteen round college basketball game during the NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink) Oregon State players celebrate after defeating Notre Dame in a Sweet Sixteen round college basketball game during the NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Albany, N.
The Los Angeles Clippers played against the Orlando Magic in an NBA basketball game on March 29, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Multiple players from both teams like Kawhi Leonard, Russell Westbrook, James Harden, and Paolo Banchero were involved in notable plays and moments during the game.
Grand Canyon, a physical and high-flying team, faces Alabama with contrasting offensive styles in the NCAA Tournament Round of 32. Despite Alabama's offensive prowess, their defensive weaknesses play into Grand Canyon's strengths, making the matchup intriguing. With Grand Canyon's rim protection and energy, they have the potential to advance to the Sweet 16 in a Cinderella run.
The Baylor and Clemson men's basketball teams are set to face off in a tournament game at FedEx Forum in Memphis, with Baylor as the No. 3 seed and Clemson as the No. 6 seed. Baylor defeated Colgate 92-67 with Jalen Bridges scoring 23 points, while Clemson beat New Mexico 77-56 with Chase Hunter scoring 21 points. The game will be broadcast on TNT with Spero Dedes, Jim Spanarkel, and Jon Rothstein as the broadcasters. Viewers can stream the game via Sling TV's Orange or Blue Plan, both starting at $15 for the first month and featuring 50 hours of free DVR storage.
The Sweet 16 match ups continue with surprises like Clemson defeating Arizona and Alabama beating UNC. Friday features No 1 seeds Purdue against Gonzaga and Houston against Duke in the tournament schedule. Additional details on how to watch each game are provided. Vaughn Dalzell analyses the best bets for UConn vs San Diego State and Alabama vs North Carolina in the Sweet 16 of March Madness.
The Alabama Crimson Tide football program represents the University of Alabama (variously Alabama, UA, or Bama) in the sport of American football. The team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The team is currently led by Kalen DeBoer. The Crimson Tide is among the most storied and decorated football programs in NCAA history. Since beginning play in 1892, the program claims 18 national championships, including 13 wire-service (AP or Coaches') national titles in the poll-era, and five other titles before the poll-era. From 1958 to 1982, the team was led by Hall of Fame coach Paul "Bear" Bryant, who won six national titles with the program. Alabama then had a dominant run under head coach Nick Saban between 2007 and 2023, resulting in six further national titles. It was not until 2009 that an Alabama player received a Heisman Trophy, when running back Mark Ingram II became the university's first winner. In 2015, Derrick Henry became the university's second Heisman winner. The Crimson Tide won back to back Heisman trophies in 2020 and 2021, with DeVonta Smith and Bryce Young.Alabama has 965 official victories in NCAA Division I (an additional 21 victories were vacated, and eight victories and one tie were forfeited). Alabama has won 34 conference championships (4 Southern Conference and 30 SEC championships), and has made an NCAA-record 77 postseason bowl appearances. The program has 36 seasons with ten wins or more (plus one vacated) and has 46 bowl victories, both NCAA records. The Crimson Tide lead the SEC West Division with 18 division titles and 15 appearances in the SEC Championship Game. Alabama holds a winning record against every current and former SEC school. The Associated Press (AP) ranks Alabama fourth in all-time final AP Poll appearances, with 59 through the 2021 season.Alabama plays its home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium, located on the campus in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. With a capacity of 100,077, Bryant–Denny is the 10th largest non-racing stadium in the world and the eighth largest stadium in the United States.
In a game on Friday, March 29, 2024, the Detroit Pistons played against the Washington Wizards in an NBA basketball match in Washington. Players like Evan Fournier, Cade Cunningham, Jalen Duren, Jordan Poole, Kyle Kuzma, Marvin Bagley III, and Patrick Baldwin Jr were involved in the game. Interim coach Brian Keefe was seen in action during the match.
The Los Angeles Lakers faced off against the Indiana Pacers in an NBA basketball game on March 29, 2024, in Indianapolis. Players like LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Rui Hachimura, and Taurean Prince showcased their skills during the match.
The Sweet 16 of the NCAA men's basketball tournament features top-seeded teams in a clash of powerhouses, airing on CBS, TBS, and TruTV with streaming available on Paramount+ with SHOWTIME. Games start on March 28 with matchups like Arizona vs Clemson and UConn vs San Diego State. Viewers without access to CBS can consider using a TV antenna or subscribing to Paramount+ with SHOWTIME for live coverage.
The Clemson Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Clemson University, located in Clemson, South Carolina. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) for football). Clemson competes for and has won multiple NCAA Division I national championships in football, men's soccer, and men's golf. The Clemson Tigers field twenty-one athletic teams, nine men's and twelve women's, across thirteen sports.Clemson was a founding member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), where it has competed since the 1953–54 season. Previously, they were a founding member of the Southern Conference from 1921 through 1953, and a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association from 1896 through 1921.
Aaron S. Estrada (born February 3, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Alabama Crimson Tide of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). He previously played for the Saint Peter's Peacocks, Oregon Ducks, and Hofstra Pride. He is a two-time Colonial Athletic Association Player of the Year (2022, 2023).
The Clemson Tigers are the American football team at Clemson University. The Tigers compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Atlantic Division (divisions were dissolved in 2023) of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). In recent years, the Tigers have been ranked among the most elite college football programs in the United States.Formed in 1896, the program has an all-time record of 790–466–44, with a bowl record of 28–22. Clemson was a College Football Playoff finalist in 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2019, defeating Alabama in both 2016 and 2018 to secure the national title. Clemson has had six undefeated seasons (including the first-ever 15–0 team), boasted six consecutive playoff appearances from 2015 to 2021, and retains 27 conference championships, including 8 since 2011. Its alumni includes over 100 All-Americans, 17 Academic All-Americans and over 250 players in the National Football League. Clemson has had eight members inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame: players Banks McFadden, Terry Kinard, Jeff Davis, and C. J. Spiller along with coaches John Heisman, Jess Neely, Frank Howard, and Danny Ford.Clemson's streak of eleven consecutive 10-win seasons ranks second in active streaks behind the Alabama Crimson Tide.Clemson is one of the founding members of the ACC and holds 21 ACC titles, the most of any member. Its 27 total conference titles, including six consecutive ACC titles from 2015 to 2020, are the most of any ACC school. Clemson's most recent ACC title came in 2022, against North Carolina.Among its eight undefeated regular seasons, Clemson was crowned poll-era national champions and finished with its third perfect season with a win over Nebraska in the 1982 Orange Bowl, and was the National Championship Finalist Runner-up with a 14–1 record in 2015. The following season, Clemson won the National Title over No. 1 Alabama in college football's first National Championship rematch in 2016, and again in 2018. The Tigers have 46 bowl appearances, 20 of which are among the New Year's Six Bowls, including nine during the "Big Four" era. Clemson has 34 finishes in the final top 25 in the modern era and it finished in either the Associated Press final poll or the coaches' final poll a combined 59 times since 1939.The Tigers play their home games in Memorial Stadium on the university's Clemson, South Carolina campus. The stadium's nickname, "Death Valley" was coined in 1948 by Presbyterian College head coach Lonnie McMillan after his teams were routinely defeated there. Memorial Stadium is among the largest stadiums in college football.
Texas head coach Vic Schaefer, center, celebrates with his team after their win over Alabama in a second-round college basketball game in the womens NCAA Tournament in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Texas coach Vic Schaefer shouts to players during the first half of the teams Sweet 16 college basketball game against Gonzaga in the womens NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Steve Dykes) Texas forward Aaliyah Moore (23) celebrates with teammates after the teams win over Gonzaga in a Sweet 16 college basketball game in the womens NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Howard Lao) Texas guard Shay Holle (10) grabs the ball during the second half of the teams Sweet 16 college basketball game against Gonzaga in the womens NCAA Tournament, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Portland, Ore. Texas won 69-47.
Clemson basketball team overcame a blown 16-point lead to defeat No. 3 North Carolina 80-76 in a crucial ACC matchup. PJ Hall had 25 points, including the go-ahead putback, while Joseph Girard III added 21 points for the Tigers. Armando Bacot led UNC with 24 points and 13 rebounds, inching closer to the second-most double-doubles in ACC history. The Tar Heels struggled with their shooting, making only 36.9% of their shots and 9 of 27 from 3-point range.
The San Antonio Spurs played against the New York Knicks in an NBA basketball game on March 29, 2024. Players like Victor Wembanyama, Jalen Brunson, Devin Vassell, Donte DiVincenzo, Blake Wesley, Miles McBride, and Isaiah Hartenstein were involved in the game.
After Yale upset Auburn in the NCAA Tournament, Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin and Alabama's men's basketball head coach Nate Oats trolled Auburn online and in person, respectively. Kiffin sarcastically tweeted 'Good luck guys' to Auburn after their defeat, while Oats visited the Yale locker room to congratulate the Bulldogs' coach. Charles Barkley expressed disappointment at Auburn's early exit and praised Yale for their victory. Yale will face San Diego State in the next round.
The Sweet 16 features matchups like Arizona vs. Clemson, UConn vs. San Diego State, North Carolina vs. Alabama, and Iowa State vs. Illinois. Players like Cam Spencer, Tristen Newton, and Alex Karaban from UConn are performing well. Clemson leads Arizona at halftime, and UConn leads San Diego State. Clemson is capitalizing on turnovers and shooting well, while Arizona is struggling offensively.
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national championship.The tournament was preceded by the AIAW women's basketball tournament, which was organized by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982. Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA prevailed, while the AIAW disbanded.As of 2022, the tournament follows the same format and selection process as its men's counterpart, with 32 automatic bids awarded to the champions of the Division I conferences, and 36 "at-large bids" extended by the NCAA Selection Committee, which are placed into four regional divisions and seeded from 1 to 16. The four lowest-seeded automatic bids, and the four lowest-seeded at-large bids, compete in the First Four games to advance to the 64-team bracket in the first round. The national semi-finals, branded as the Women's Final Four, are traditionally scheduled on the same weekend as the men's Final Four, but in a different host city. Presently, the Women's Final Four uses a Friday/Sunday scheduling, with its games occurring one day prior to the men's Final Four and championship, respectively.Attendance and interest in the women's championship have grown over the years, especially from 2003 to 2016, when the final championship game was moved to the Tuesday following the Monday men's championship game. The tournament is often overshadowed by the more-prominent men's tournament; after a gender equality review following the 2021 tournament, the NCAA expanded it to the current 68-team format of the men's tournament, and extended the "March Madness" branding to the tournament as well. Still, the tournament receives a smaller amount of funding from broadcast rights (which are held by ESPN, and are pooled with those of other NCAA Division I championships besides golf and men's basketball) and sponsorship (which are sold by CBS and Turner Sports) than the men's tournament.With 11 national titles, the UConn Huskies hold the record for the most NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, which included four straight championships from 2013 through 2016. The team had also made the semi-finals for 14 consecutive tournaments.
This is a list of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Final Four participants.
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament for men's college basketball teams in the United States. It determines the champion of Division I, the top level of play in the NCAA, and the media often describes the winner as the national champion of college basketball. The NCAA Tournament has been held annually since 1939, except for 2020, when it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. Its field grew from eight teams in the beginning to sixty-five teams by 2001; as of 2011, sixty-eight teams take part in the tournament. Teams can gain invitations by winning a conference championship or receiving an at-large bid from a 10-person committee. The semifinals of the tournament are known as the Final Four and are held in a different city each year, along with the championship game; Indianapolis, the city where the NCAA is based, will host the Final Four every five years until 2040. Each winning university receives a rectangular, gold-plated trophy made of wood.The first NCAA tournament was organized by the National Association of Basketball Coaches. Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the NCAA. In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event. Teams were able to compete in both events in the same year, and three of those that did so—Utah in 1944, Kentucky in 1949, and City College of New York (CCNY) in 1950—won the NCAA Tournament. The 1949–50 CCNY team won both tournaments (defeating Bradley in both finals), and is the only college basketball team to accomplish this feat. By the mid-1950s, the NCAA Tournament became the more prestigious of the two events, and in 1971 the NCAA barred universities from playing in other tournaments, such as the NIT, if they were invited to the NCAA Tournament. The 2013 championship won by Louisville was the first men's basketball national title to ever be vacated by the NCAA after the school and its coach at the time, Rick Pitino, were implicated in a 2015 sex scandal involving recruits.The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has been the most successful college in the NCAA Tournament, winning 11 national titles. Ten of those championships came during a 12-year stretch from 1964 to 1975. UCLA also holds the record for the most consecutive championships, winning seven in a row from 1967 to 1973. Kentucky has the second-most titles, with eight. North Carolina is third with six championships, while Connecticut, Duke and Indiana follow with five each. Connecticut is the most recent champion, having defeated San Diego State in the final of the 2023 tournament. Among head coaches, John Wooden is the all-time leader with 10 championships; he coached UCLA during their period of success in the 1960s and 1970s. Duke's Mike Krzyzewski is second all-time with five titles.
The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as NCAA March Madness and commonly called March Madness, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Played mostly during March, the tournament consists of 68 teams and was first conducted in 1939. Known for its upsets of favored teams, it has become one of the biggest annual sporting events in the US.The tournament teams include champions from 32 Division I conferences and 36 teams which are awarded at-large berths. These "at-large" teams are chosen by an NCAA selection committee, then announced in a nationally televised event dubbed Selection Sunday. Teams are placed in four regions and given a seed between 1 and 16 within the region. The tournament consists of seven rounds and is conducted over three successive weeks. The first week starts with eight teams competing in the First Four, with the four winners joining 60 teams to compete in the first and second rounds. Sixteen winners advance to the second weekend to compete in the regional semifinals and finals, also known as the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight, respectively, for the number of participants in the round. Four teams then advance to the third weekend for the national semifinals and national championship, collectively referred to as the Final Four. The winning team is crowned national champion, which celebrates by cutting down the nets and watching a montage of the tournament set to One Shining Moment.The 68-team format was adopted in 2011; it had remained largely unchanged since 1985 when it expanded to 64 teams. Before then, the tournament sized varied from as little as 8 to as many as 53. The field was restricted to conference champions until at-large bids were extended in 1975 and teams were not fully seeded until 1979. In 2020, the tournament was cancelled for the first time due to the COVID-19 pandemic; in the subsequent season, the tournament was contested completely in the state of Indiana as a precaution.All tournament games are broadcast by CBS, TBS, TNT, and truTV under the program name NCAA March Madness. With a contract through 2032, Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery pay $891 million annually for the broadcast rights. The NCAA distributes revenue to participating teams based on how far they advance, which provides significant funding for college athletics. The tournament has become part of American popular culture through bracket contests that award money and prizes for correctly predicting the outcomes of the most games. It is estimated that tens of millions of Americans, including those who do not follow regular-season college basketball or sports in general, participate in a bracket contest each year.Thirty-seven different schools have won the tournament. UCLA has the most with 11 championships; their coach John Wooden has the most titles of any coach with 10. The University of Kentucky has eight championships, the University of North Carolina has six championships, Duke University, University of Connecticut, and Indiana University have five championships, the University of Kansas has four championships, and the University of Louisville and Villanova University have three championships. Seven programs are tied with two national championships, and 23 teams have won the national championship once.
The NHL game on March 28, 2024, saw the Edmonton Oilers facing off against the Los Angeles Kings in Edmonton, Alberta. Players like Evan Bouchard, Mattias Ekholm, Connor McDavid, Adam Henrique, Leon Draisaitl, Matt Roy, Ryan McLeod, Trevor Moore, Cam Talbot, and Stuart Skinner were involved in various plays during the game.
The Houston Rockets faced off against the Utah Jazz in an NBA game on March 29, 2024, in Salt Lake City. Players like Jalen Green, Amen Thompson, Collin Sexton, Aaron Holiday, John Collins, and Fred VanVleet were involved in the game. Coaches Will Hardy and Ime Udoka were also part of the match. The game featured intense defense and scoring plays, with Jeff Green, Walker Kessler, Kris Dunn, and Jabari Smith Jr. showcasing their skills.
The NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 games featured thrilling plays including Purdue center Zach Edey's dunks and Tennessee guard Dalton Knecht's impressive three-pointers. Coaches like Purdue's Matt Painter and Tennessee's Rick Barnes were actively involved on the sidelines.
An All-American team is an honorary sports team composed of the best amateur players of a specific season for each team position—who in turn are given the honorific "All-America" and typically referred to as "All-American athletes", or simply "All-Americans". Although the honorees generally do not compete together as a unit, the term is used in U.S. team sports to refer to players who are selected by members of the national media. Walter Camp selected the first All-America team in the early days of American football in 1889. The 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans are honorary lists that include All-American selections from the Associated Press (AP), the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA), Sporting News (SN), and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. All selectors choose three teams, while AP and USBWA also list honorable mention selections.The Consensus 2024 College Basketball All-American team will be determined by aggregating the results of the four major All-American teams as determined by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since United Press International was replaced by SN in 1997, the four major selectors have been the aforementioned ones. AP has been a selector since 1948, NABC since 1957 and USBWA since 1960. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors based on a point system computed from the four different all-America teams. The point system consists of three points for first team, two points for second team and one point for third team. No honorable mention or fourth team or lower are used in the computation. The top five totals plus ties are first team and the next five plus ties are second team.
Oregon State's victory over Notre Dame in the Women's NCAA Tournament marks the end of Trisdyn's Rad Bracket's perfect run into the Sweet 16, with key players like Timea Gardiner and Raegan Beers leading the Beavers to victory. Oregon State will now face the winner of the Indiana-South Carolina matchup in the Elite Eight. Despite the loss, Notre Dame's Sonia Citron and Maddy Westbeld had notable performances, with a unique moment occurring when Hannah Hidalgo had to remove her nose ring mid-game. Oregon State's efficient shooting and rebounding propelled them to their first-ever win against Notre Dame.
Alabama () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the 50 U.S. states.Alabama is nicknamed the Yellowhammer State, after the state bird. Alabama is also known as the "Heart of Dixie" and the "Cotton State". The state tree is the longleaf pine, and the state flower is the camellia. Alabama's capital is Montgomery, and its largest city by population and area is Huntsville. Its oldest city is Mobile, founded by French colonists (Alabama Creoles) in 1702 as the capital of French Louisiana. Greater Birmingham is Alabama's largest metropolitan area and its economic center.Originally home to many native tribes, present-day Alabama was a Spanish territory beginning in the sixteenth century until the French acquired it in the early eighteenth century. The British won the territory in 1763 until losing it in the American Revolutionary War. Spain held Mobile as part of Spanish West Florida until 1813. In December 1819, Alabama was recognized as a state. During the antebellum period, Alabama was a major producer of cotton, and widely used African American slave labor. In 1861, the state seceded from the United States to become part of the Confederate States of America, with Montgomery acting as its first capital, and rejoined the Union in 1868. Following the American Civil War, Alabama would suffer decades of economic hardship, in part due to agriculture and a few cash crops being the main driver of the state's economy. Similar to other former slave states, Alabamian legislators employed Jim Crow laws from the late 19th century up until the 1960s. High-profile events such as the Selma to Montgomery march made the state a major focal point of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s.During and after World War II, Alabama grew as the state's economy diversified with new industries. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville would help Alabama's economic growth in the mid-to-late 20th century, by developing an aerospace industry. Alabama's economy in the 21st century is based on automotive, finance, tourism, manufacturing, aerospace, mineral extraction, healthcare, education, retail, and technology.The state has diverse geography, with the north dominated by the mountainous Tennessee Valley and the south by Mobile Bay, a historically significant port. Politically, as part of the Deep South, Alabama is predominantly a conservative state, and is known for its Southern culture. Within Alabama, American football, particularly at the college level, plays a major part of the state's culture.
During the Sweet 16 games in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, UConn head coach Dan Hurley engaged in a heated argument with an official, while UConn players celebrated a victory over San Diego State. Illinois guard Terrence Shannon Jr impressed with a fast break dunk, and UConn guard Tristen Newton showcased his skills against San Diego State. Additionally, UConn center Donovan Clingan battled for rebounds and Illinois forward Coleman Hawkins made a powerful dunk against Iowa State.
Alabama was admitted to the Union on December 14, 1819. The state elects U.S. senators to class 2 and class 3. Its United States Senate seats were declared vacant from March 1861 to July 1868 due to its secession from the Union during the American Civil War. Richard Shelby is Alabama's longest serving senator (served 1987–2023). Alabama's current U.S. senators are Republicans Tommy Tuberville (since 2021) and Katie Britt (since 2023).
The 2020–21 Oregon Ducks men's basketball team represented the University of Oregon during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ducks, led by 11th-year head coach Dana Altman, played their home games at Matthew Knight Arena as members of the Pac–12 Conference. They finished the season 21-7, 14-4 in Pac-12 Play to finish as regular season champions. They defeated Arizona State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament before losing in the semifinals to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they advanced to the Second Round due to a positive COVID-19 test from VCU. They defeated Iowa in the second round to advance to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost to USC.
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